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May 16, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Eleanor Cummins
The Unfathomable Problem of Suicide as a Protest Tactic
The self-immolation of an environmental activist in Washington, D.C., revives an uncomfortable debate over the practice—and how we should talk about it.
December 28, 2021
Apocalypse Soon
Eleanor Cummins
We Need to Talk About Climate Change and Suicide
The data we have suggests a connection—and the problem may be growing.
November 11, 2021
Critical Mass
Anna Altman
Donald Antrim’s Reckoning With Torment
“One Friday in April” is an attempt to write about suicide without the consolations of his signature style.
June 8, 2018
Jo Livingstone
How not to screw up media coverage of suicides.
February 7, 2018
Sarah Jones
Rural America has a growing suicide problem.
August 17, 2016
Sarah Waters
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Jenny Chan
Working Ourselves To Death
The psychological consequences of corporate abuse
February 16, 2016
Adam Peck
Ronda Rousey says she contemplated suicide after losing to Holly Holm.
December 29, 2015
David Lusseau
Are Beached Whales Sick—or Suicidal?
March 26, 2015
Joel Gillin
Germanwings Wasn't the First Mass-Murder Plane Crash. Here's What Investigators Learned About the Others.
January 27, 2015
Eric Sasson
Parents of Transgender Kids Could Learn a Lot from Brangelina
August 20, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
The Catholic Church Prefers Medieval Barbarism to Modern Abortion
August 20, 2014
Meghan O'Rourke
Twitter Grief Is Real Grief
There's nothing wrong with mourning celebrities online
August 9, 2014
Adam Kirsch
One of Liberalism's Greatest Defenders Doesn't Deserve His Obscurity
The pathos of Stefan Zweig and his overdue revival
November 22, 2013
Adam Plunkett
What Happens When a Professor Tries To Use Philosophy to Prevent Suicide
June 18, 2013
Ryan Kearney
The Offensive Reaction to Vice's Offensive Suicide-Fashion Spread
May 20, 2013
Nate Cohn
The Surge in Suicides Has Nothing to Do With Marriage or Religion
The data doesn't support Ross Douthat's argument
March 20, 1955
Upton Sinclair
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